Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1882 — GILLEM ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

GILLEM ITEMS.

Dry weather and plenty of dust Blackberries are the order of the day. The basket-meeting held at Independence chapel on the 12th was largely attended, the baskets were all well filled and great pleasure, was taken iu consuming their contents. Messera M. M. and D. H. Guild will reurn to Green Castle the first ot Sept, where they will attend school. May success go with them. Miss Anna Deaelms will return from Ohio soon. She will spend the winter with us. Mr. Frank Nichols and Mias Mattie Farnley of Medaryville were married Thursnay evening Aug I7th Rev, J. C. Faris officiating May happiness and success ever attend Hem. The bride and grown were the guests of Miss Mattie Lane on Sunday lasi. Quite a number of the Kansas folks are expected soon. Mr. Win. Robinson and wife, Mis. George and James Robinson, Mrs. J. A. Powell and children, Mr G J. Freshour and family will return the first of Sept. A happy greeting is expected by their many friends of Gillam. Mrs. Conard and daughter will return to their old home in Ohio on a visit soon. Miss Ella Long, Mr. E. 0. Rathfon and Mr. A. C. Robinson are attending the Normal at Winamac. We are gl id to see that Mr. A. 0. Robinson's and Mr. J. D. Brown’s smiling faces are with us once more. • .Mr. Erank Tillett was happily surprised Saturday evening (it being his birthday) by his wife and friends getting up an ice cream supper for him. The supper was well attended and all enjoyed a pleas ant time. Frank was presented with a nice pair of kid gloves and a silk hankerchief hy his wife, we know that he will have a clean nasal organ and white handsnow. We would just say to D. B. C. and D. G. P. to try again. Florence and auntie were not on “committee’’ but they went any way. We close by giving our best wishes to “John Whoisit.”

EARLY RISER.